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BOWEN THEORY THE EIGHT BASIC
CONCEPTSHouston Graduate School of Theology
Pl 800
INTRODUCTION TO BOWEN THEORY AS A WAY TO THINK ABOUT PASTORAL LEADERSHIP
My story
INTRODUCTION TO BOWEN THEORY AS A WAY TO THINK ABOUT PASTORAL LEADERSHIP
My story
Varieties of
systems
INTRODUCTION TO BOWEN THEORY AS A WAY TO THINK ABOUT PASTORAL LEADERSHIP
My story
Varieties of
systems
In our culture, the focus has been solely on
changing the systems to the neglect of individual responsibility in relation
to the system.
INTRODUCTION TO BOWEN THEORY AS A WAY TO THINK ABOUT PASTORAL LEADERSHIP
My story
Varieties of
systems
In our culture, the focus has been solely on
changing the systems to the neglect of individual responsibility in relation
to the system.
Family systems thinking leads to the conclusion that the
system will be changed as the
individuals within the system focus on
managing self in the context of the nuclear family.
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY Nuclear Family Emotional System
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY Nuclear Family Emotional SystemDifferentiation of Self Scale
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY Nuclear Family Emotional SystemDifferentiation of Self ScaleTriangles
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY Nuclear Family Emotional SystemDifferentiation of Self ScaleTrianglesCutoff
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY Nuclear Family Emotional SystemDifferentiation of Self ScaleTrianglesCutoffFamily Projection Process
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY Nuclear Family Emotional SystemDifferentiation of Self ScaleTrianglesCutoffFamily Projection ProcessMultigenerational Transmission Process
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY Nuclear Family Emotional SystemDifferentiation of Self ScaleTrianglesCutoffFamily Projection ProcessMultigenerational Transmission ProcessSibling Position
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY Nuclear Family Emotional SystemDifferentiation of Self ScaleTrianglesCutoffFamily Projection ProcessMultigenerational Transmission ProcessSibling PositionSocietal Emotional Process
NUCLEAR FAMILY EMOTIONAL SYSTEM
The nuclear family, rather
than the individual, is the emotional
unit.
NUCLEAR FAMILY EMOTIONAL SYSTEM
The nuclear family, rather
than the individual, is the emotional
unit.
Whatever affects one affects each
one in the system, i.e., anxiety moves easily from person
to person in the group.
NUCLEAR FAMILY EMOTIONAL SYSTEM
The nuclear family, rather
than the individual, is the emotional
unit.
Whatever affects one affects each
one in the system, i.e., anxiety moves easily from person
to person in the group.
Acute Anxiet
yChronic
Anxiety
NUCLEAR FAMILY EMOTIONAL SYSTEM
Family members trade “self” into
the family relationship
(togetherness) in a family “fusion”
of selves.
NUCLEAR FAMILY EMOTIONAL SYSTEM
• Togetherness forces
Family members trade “self” into
the family relationship
(togetherness) in a family “fusion”
of selves.
NUCLEAR FAMILY EMOTIONAL SYSTEM
• Togetherness forces
• Individuality forces
Family members trade “self” into
the family relationship
(togetherness) in a family “fusion”
of selves.
NUCLEAR FAMILY EMOTIONAL SYSTEM
• Togetherness forces
• Individuality forces
Family members trade “self” into
the family relationship
(togetherness) in a family “fusion”
of selves.
Patterns or postures of
anxiety within the system
NUCLEAR FAMILY EMOTIONAL SYSTEM
• Togetherness forces
• Individuality forces
Family members trade “self” into
the family relationship
(togetherness) in a family “fusion”
of selves.
• TrianglingPatterns or postures of
anxiety within the system
NUCLEAR FAMILY EMOTIONAL SYSTEM
• Togetherness forces
• Individuality forces
Family members trade “self” into
the family relationship
(togetherness) in a family “fusion”
of selves.
• Triangling• ConflictPatterns or
postures of anxiety within the
system
NUCLEAR FAMILY EMOTIONAL SYSTEM
• Togetherness forces
• Individuality forces
Family members trade “self” into
the family relationship
(togetherness) in a family “fusion”
of selves.
• Triangling• Conflict• Distance
Patterns or postures of
anxiety within the system
NUCLEAR FAMILY EMOTIONAL SYSTEM
• Togetherness forces• Individuality forces
Family members trade “self” into
the family relationship
(togetherness) in a family “fusion”
of selves.
• Triangling• Conflict• Distance• Overfunctioning
/underfunctioning
Patterns or postures of
anxiety within the system
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
The scale of differentiation of self
is the only of the eight concepts that considers, in depth,
characteristics of the individual.
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
The scale of differentiation of self
is the only of the eight concepts that considers, in depth,
characteristics of the individual.
This is the work of differentiating self
from one’s emotional systems.
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
The scale of differentiation of self
is the only of the eight concepts that considers, in depth,
characteristics of the individual.
This is the work of differentiating self
from one’s emotional systems.
But even this concept is derived from the
basic idea of family as the emotional unit.
The degree of individuality each has
depends on how fused he or she was/is
in family relationships.
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
Scale is an attempt to understand
differentiation.
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
Scale is an attempt to understand
differentiation.
Scale is not an attempt to “beat
out” others.
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
Scale is an attempt to understand
differentiation.
Scale is not an attempt to “beat
out” others.
Most of the population is
below 30 and 50 is unusual.
Bowen thought he would be about a 35.
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
Scale is an attempt to understand
differentiation.
Scale is not an attempt to “beat
out” others.
Most of the population is
below 30 and 50 is unusual.
Bowen thought he would be about a 35.
As people operate less out of emotional fusion, they have more choice over what and when they think, feel, and do.
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
Pseudo-self
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
Pseudo-self
Participant in the relationship exchange
involved in fusions
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
Pseudo-self
Participant in the relationship exchange
involved in fusions
Lets in the anxiety from the system, functions on
borrowed self from another, or conversely, gives up self to another in an instant.
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
Pseudo-self
Participant in the relationship exchange
involved in fusions
Immature
Lets in the anxiety from the system, functions on
borrowed self from another, or conversely, gives up self to another in an instant.
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
Pseudo-self
Participant in the relationship exchange
involved in fusions
Immature
Automatic
Lets in the anxiety from the system, functions on
borrowed self from another, or conversely, gives up self to another in an instant.
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
Pseudo-self
Participant in the relationship exchange
involved in fusions
Immature
Automatic Reactive
Lets in the anxiety from the system, functions on
borrowed self from another, or conversely, gives up self to another in an instant.
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
Basic-self
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
Basic-selfGuided
by principles arrived at through the best thinking, based on logic and
fact.
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
Basic-selfGuided
by principles arrived at through the best thinking, based on logic and
fact.
Higher on the scale, boundari
es between the basic-self and pseudo-self are
less permeabl
e.
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
Basic-selfGuided
by principles arrived at through the best thinking, based on logic and
fact.
Higher on the scale, boundari
es between the basic-self and pseudo-self are
less permeabl
e.
The most effective place to change
relationship or
personality difficulties is in the system
where they first
developed.
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
Basic-selfGuided
by principles arrived at through the best thinking, based on logic and
fact.
Higher on the scale, boundari
es between the basic-self and pseudo-self are
less permeabl
e.
The most effective place to change
relationship or
personality difficulties is in the system
where they first
developed.
Since anxiety
figures so large in
relationship dilemmas,
many people work on
regulating anxiety as
part of their work of
differentiation.
TRIANGLESA three-person emotional configuration—the basic building block of any emotional system.
TRIANGLESA three-person emotional configuration—the basic building block of any emotional system.
The smallest stable relationship system.
TRIANGLES
A three-person emotional configuration—the basic building block of any emotional system.
The smallest stable relationship system.
When tension in the triangle is too great for the threesome, it involves others to become a series of interlocking triangles.
TRIANGLES
A three-person emotional configuration—the basic building block of any emotional system.
The smallest stable relationship system.
When tension in the triangle is too great for the threesome, it involves others to become a series of interlocking triangles.
A three-person system is one triangle, a four-person system is four primary triangles, a five-person system is nine.
TRIANGLESResist the urge to be in the middle of it, not feeling “left out” when outside the intensity (Gilbert, 51).
TRIANGLESResist the urge to be in the middle of it, not feeling “left out” when outside the intensity (Gilbert, 51).Work to get to a calmer, more “outside” position.
TRIANGLESResist the urge to be in the middle of it, not feeling “left out” when outside the intensity (Gilbert, 51).Work to get to a calmer, more “outside” position.
Become the calmer observer in order to think objectively.
TRIANGLESResist the urge to be in the middle of it, not feeling “left out” when outside the intensity (Gilbert, 51).Work to get to a calmer, more “outside” position.
Become the calmer observer in order to think objectively.
Stay emotionally neutral in order to think.
TRIANGLESResist the urge to be in the middle of it, not feeling “left out” when outside the intensity (Gilbert, 51).Work to get to a calmer, more “outside” position.
Become the calmer observer in order to think objectively.
Stay emotionally neutral in order to think.
Luke 12:13-21
CUTOFFA process of separation, isolation, withdrawal, running away, or denying the importance of the parental family.
CUTOFFA process of separation, isolation, withdrawal, running away, or denying the importance of the parental family.
An extreme form of distancing.
CUTOFFA process of separation, isolation, withdrawal, running away, or denying the importance of the parental family.
An extreme form of distancing.
One of the ways people attempt to resolve the relationship tension that results from that unresolved attachment, fusion, or undifferentiation and the anxiety it engenders.
FAMILY PROJECTION PROCESSAn explanation of how differentiation levels are passed from parents to offspring as well as how that process can be different for each child in the family.
FAMILY PROJECTION PROCESSAn explanation of how differentiation levels are passed from parents to offspring as well as how that process can be different for each child in the family.
Levels of differentiation can be quite different among siblings.
FAMILY PROJECTION PROCESSAn explanation of how differentiation levels are passed from parents to offspring as well as how that process can be different for each child in the family.
Levels of differentiation can be quite different among siblings.
The worried “child-focus” or “projection” of anxiety gets off-loaded to offspring.
FAMILY PROJECTION PROCESSAn explanation of how differentiation levels are passed from parents to offspring as well as how that process can be different for each child in the family.
Levels of differentiation can be quite different among siblings.
The worried “child-focus” or “projection” of anxiety gets off-loaded to offspring.
It seems that the projection process is different for different children.
FAMILY PROJECTION PROCESSIn any family, a given child can receive so much focus (anxiety) that other siblings are left a little freer of the family emotional process. They will receive less anxiety. Thus, they are less fused into the family self-amalgam.
FAMILY PROJECTION PROCESSIn any family, a given child can receive so much focus (anxiety) that other siblings are left a little freer of the family emotional process. They will receive less anxiety. Thus, they are less fused into the family self-amalgam. At the same time, they do not cut off from it. They are in communication with it. They recognize the problems, and they, too, carry some of the spillover anxiety, just not as much (Gilbert, 69).
FAMILY PROJECTION PROCESS
Observations of emotional processes are not for the purposes of condemnation.
FAMILY PROJECTION PROCESS
Observations of emotional processes are not for the purposes of condemnation.
Rather, these observations often make it possible for the present generation, when people can see how they play a part, however unintentional, to have more choices, and thus leave a different legacy for their offspring.
FAMILY PROJECTION PROCESS
Observations of emotional processes are not for the purposes of condemnation.
Rather, these observations often make it possible for the present generation, when people can see how they play a part, however unintentional, to have more choices, and thus leave a different legacy for their offspring.
Everyone has choices about what to do with anxiety—however it originates.
MULTIGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION PROCESS
The Family Projection Process written through the generations.
MULTIGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION PROCESS
The Family Projection Process written through the generations.Observe the generations, connecting with the oldest members of the family.
MULTIGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION PROCESS
Look for facts in
the family diagra
m.
MULTIGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION PROCESS
Look for facts in
the family diagra
m.
• Longevity
MULTIGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION PROCESS
Look for facts in
the family diagra
m.
• Longevity
• Health
MULTIGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION PROCESS
Look for facts in
the family diagra
m.
• Longevity
• Health• Locations
MULTIGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION PROCESS
Look for facts in
the family diagra
m.
• Longevity• Health• Locations• Incomes,
businesses, professions
MULTIGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION PROCESS
Look for facts in
the family diagra
m.
• Longevity• Health• Locations• Incomes,
businesses, professions
• Reproductive history
MULTIGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION PROCESS
Look for facts in
the family diagra
m.
• Longevity• Health• Locations• Incomes,
businesses, professions
• Reproductive history
• Marriages
MULTIGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION PROCESS
Look for facts in
the family diagra
m.
• Longevity• Health• Locations• Incomes,
businesses, professions
• Reproductive history
• Marriages• Dates of
births, deaths, marriages
MULTIGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION PROCESS
Look for facts in
the family diagra
m.
• Longevity• Health• Locations• Incomes,
businesses, professions
• Reproductive history
• Marriages• Dates of
births, deaths, marriages
• Education
SIBLING POSITION
Many factors other than sibling position combine to influence personality so they may or may not be
dominant in a given individual. But in the aggregate, statistically, the factors showed
themselves to be important and
significant.
SIBLING POSITION
Many factors other than sibling position combine to influence personality so they may or may not be
dominant in a given individual. But in the aggregate, statistically, the factors showed
themselves to be important and
significant.
No sibling position is better than another.
SIBLING POSITIONThe “automatics” from original family fusions that are carried into adulthood will include those of sibling position.
SIBLING POSITIONThe “automatics” from original family fusions that are carried into adulthood will include those of sibling position.
More fused families will be more affected by sibling position characteristics. Less fused families, less so.
SIBLING POSITIONThe “automatics” from original family fusions that are carried into adulthood will include those of sibling position.
More fused families will be more affected by sibling position characteristics. Less fused families, less so.
No middle position is listed since middle children often adopt another position more than one position, depending upon several factors.
EMOTIONAL PROCESS IN SOCIETY
Originally called
“societal regression,” this concept states that society is
more or less anxious,
orderly, and organized at
different times in history.
EMOTIONAL PROCESS IN SOCIETY
Originally called
“societal regression,” this concept states that society is
more or less anxious,
orderly, and organized at
different times in history.
During times of societal regression, increased anxiety is evident in people in general,
firing chaos and
irresponsible behavior.
EMOTIONAL PROCESS IN SOCIETY
Originally called
“societal regression,” this concept states that society is
more or less anxious,
orderly, and organized at
different times in history.
During times of societal regression, increased anxiety is evident in people in general,
firing chaos and
irresponsible behavior.
The chaos and
irresponsibility create
more anxiety,
leading to more
problems in society in an escalating
cycle.
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY
Learn to observe, not to diagnose but to understand
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY
Learn to observe, not to diagnose but to understandWatch for reactivity in self and in system
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY
Learn to observe, not to diagnose but to understandWatch for reactivity in self and in systemMove toward a calm place where thinking can happen
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY
Learn to observe, not to diagnose but to understandWatch for reactivity in self and in systemMove toward a calm place where thinking can happenLearn the facts and how to “think systems”
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY
Learn to observe, not to diagnose but to understand
Watch for reactivity in self and in system
Move toward a calm place where thinking can happen
Learn the facts and how to “think systems”
Get clear on guiding principles, then learn to take a stand for higher and better functioning for self.
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY
Learn to observe, not to diagnose but to understand
Watch for reactivity in self and in system
Move toward a calm place where thinking can happen
Learn the facts and how to “think systems”
Get clear on guiding principles, then learn to take a stand for higher and better functioning for self.
Connect with the generations eradicating cutoff.
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